Dawn Hadley, Julian Richards

Life in the Viking Great Army (eBook, PDF)

Raiders, Traders, and Settlers

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Viking Great Army that landed in East Anglia in late 865 had a lasting impact on English society, culture, politics, and economy. This book uses new archaeological evidence to explore how the people in this army lived during its 15 year long occupation of England.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780192588159
• Artikelnr.: 72301708

Autorenporträt

Dawn M. Hadley is Professor of Medieval Archaeology at the University of York, and a member of the Centre for Medieval Studies. She joined York in 2018 after over 20 years in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield. She was previously British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of History at the University of Birmingham. Her research interests include early medieval England, the impact of the Vikings, gender, childhood, and funerary archaeology. Julian D. Richards is Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, and a member of the Centre for Medieval Studies. He was founding Director of both the Archaeology Data Service, and the e-journal Internet Archaeology, established in 1996. In his archaeological research Julian focusses on Viking Age England. He has directed excavations of settlements at Cottam, Cowlam, Burdale, and Wharram Percy, and of the only Viking cremation cemetery in the British Isles at Heath Wood, Ingleby. He and Dawn Hadley co-directed the "Tents to Towns" project, investigating the winter camp of the Viking Great Army at Torksey.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction
1: The Great Army in Context
2: The Great Army on the Move
Part II: Life in the Camps
3: Spoils of War and Peace
4: Wearing and Processing
5: Metal-working and Minting
6: Provisioning the Army
Part III: Legacy and Impact
7: Beyond the Camps
8: The Great Army and the Ceramic Revolution
9: The Legacy of the Great Army
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